[IH] GENERAL LARSEN RECORDED SHOOTING TROOPER

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SUNDAY APRIL 14 2299

 

 

 

 

GENERAL LARSEN RECORDED SHOOTING TROOPER

 

A tape emerged today showing General Brian C. Larsen, the war hero renowned for his successes during the Progenitor war and the civil unrest that plagued much of 2297-2298, shooting a Mobile Infantry trooper extrajudicially during off time whilst on Iskander earlier this year.

 

Furthermore, it appears this is not the first time this has happened. Sources indicate this is at least the seventh incident where the General has been suspected of partaking in extrajudicial executions.

 

General Larsen nor the Sky Marshal's office could not be reached for comment.

 

 

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General Larsen is a notoriously enigmatic and press-shy figure, however, this newspaper has managed to piece the following together: he was born in 2240, in Newcastle, Terra, enlisting with the 49th Mobile Infantry in 2258. He married his childhood sweetheart, Laura, in 2260. During the first Battle of Klendathu in 2269, he was paralysed from the waist down and was medically discharged with full benefits. His marriage broke down shortly after, and in 2271, he and Laura divorced; Laura would go on to re-marry.

 

The General struggled with private life, dropping out of college and holding numerous jobs over a three year period between 2271 and 2273, however through vigorous physical therapy regained use of his legs in 2274 and re-enlisted shortly afterwards, again back into the 49th Mobile Infantry. A year later however the entire 49th barring him and three others were slaughtered during Operation March to Victory. He was subsequently reassigned to the 59th.

 

By 2278, Larsen had reached the rank of Sergeant. However, during a routine counter-separatism deployment on Hesperus which at the time was going through a prolonged period of unrest, Larsen and his commanding officer, Lieutenant F. B. Xavier, were captured by separatist forces. Larsen was subject to torture, and, when recovered in 2280, was found to be missing at least two toes. Lieutenant Xavier's dismembered head was left in a school playground later that year; his body was never recovered.

 

Larsen continued to serve with the 59th; in 2282, he was nominated for officer candidate school (OCS). He passed with high marks, taking command of the 49th as a Third Lieutenant. However, this deployment ended in disaster after 98% of his platoon were killed. This marks Larsen's first recorded encounter with the law, where he was stripped of his commission and demoted to Sergeant following a court-martial for misbehaviour before the enemy and failure to obey order or regulation. He was reassigned to the 112th Mobile Infantry, where he would serve as Platoon Sergeant until 2286. He would have no less than five further encounters with the law on an array of assault and cruelty charges during that period. He was nominated again for OCS in 2287, though this time enjoyed more success, and eventually would become a Second Lieutenant and commanding officer of the 112th "Larsen's Lobsters".

 

His career - and with it a steady accumulation of both accolades and further accusations of impropriety - continued to progress, making Captain in 2292, Major two years later in 2294, and Lieutenant-Colonel in 2295. A verified account offered by an anonymous source suggests that in November of 2296, a Federation Marine (John Pembridge) disappeared under suspicious circumstances following an altercation with the then-Lieutenant-Colonel. Corporal Pembridge was seen last with the Lieutenant-Colonel whilst on an operation; shortly thereafter, Pembridge disappeared. His body nor whereabouts were never recovered. The coroner recorded an official verdict of unexplained death in 2297.

 

He was promoted to Colonel in February of 2297, and was present for the Battle of Terra Neue that marked humanity's first encounter with the Progenitors and ended in the destruction of his home-ship of 20 years, the UCF 117 Audie Murphy. He would receive an MI cross for valour during the battle after he led the evacuation effort that would eventually save three thousand souls from the clutch of the Progenitors, and was promoted to Brigadier General.

 

General Larsen would be present with the 112th at the Battle of Terra, again leading the effort against the Progenitors, however would fail to hold the homeworld thanks to the perfidy of disgraced Sky Marshal John Hudson.

 

Shortly after he would go on to escape the Sanctuary Massacre, where Admiral Erin O'Brien murdered a third of the Federal Council and attempted a military coup against the rightful leaders of the Federation, an act that would go on to instigate the Civil War of 2297. Larsen would go on to play a pivotal role in the Civil War, taking part in many of the key battles that would eventually lead to Coalition victory in the summer of 2298. Larsen was present for the signing of the Iskander accords.

 

Following this, he was promoted to full General, and given command over the effort to retake Earth and defeat the Progenitors, which he would eventually achieve with the help of renowned Federation scientist Dr. Przemek Lubomierz, and Hero of the Federation-winning Captain Sebastian Bently, who with the 112th would go on to destroy the Progenitor Ark. 

 

 

 

The Iskander Herald is a registered third party news vendor, authorized under docket number 161, and protected under section (6)(2) of the Iskander Accords, which permits a limited number of approved third party organisations the right to publish news independent of the Federal state. Any complaints should be directed to the Regulation of Press Committee, Federal Council, ISK SW1A 1AA

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[Baltazar]

Criminal records? More like autobiography

[Gromborg]

i mean this ain't the full story the dude spit on him larson was justified